Resumen de Perforación esofágica: Experiencia clínica y actualización del tema

Italo Braghetto, Alberto Rodríguez N., Atila Csendes, Owen Korn

• Esophageal perforation is a complicated clinical entity that demands a high level of diagnostic and therapeutic skills. The management alternatives vary from conservative treatment to esophagectomy, including primary suture and esophageal exclusion. This paper is a review of the literature and personal experience with this condition, focusing on etiology, clinical presentation, diagnostic workout, treatment, complications and mortality. Finally, we propose a management algorithm (Rev Méd Chile 2005; 133: 1233-41)